The full name for this product is 'Clean & clear morning energy skin energising daily facial scrub', but I felt that for a title of a blog post that was probably a little too much and so I kept it short and sweet! Unfortunately due to a number of reasons I've not had huge funds to splurge on make-up, skin care and hair care this month and I am super super sad about this. When I was out in town about a week ago I spotted this little gem on sale (I'm 50% sure it was ASDA and it was around about £2-3?) anyway, I was stood staring for a good 15 minutes because I have very little money and there were so many other products I wanted. I felt if I bought this it would hopefully numb the need to spend money, but as it was one of the cheaper options (and I have no self control) I caved and bought it and I've been seriously impressed.

The packaging just looks really nice and bright and I think that is what stood out a lot for me, the fact that it wasn't as subtle as most packaging I would usually tend to go for but it still managed to catch my eye. It also think there seems like a lot of product which is great, I tend to use it every other day at the moment and use a 2p sized dollop and this still does the trick and helps brighten my skin and smooth everything out which is a serious plus for me!

I'm still having a few problematic areas at the moment with my skin and although this hasn't cleared them up, it has done its job and made my skin look a lot brighter which just gives it such a healthy glow. I also find after using it my skin does feel a lot softer. I think for that reason I would seriously consider buying it again.

Have you ever used this product? What are you thoughts about it?

This is a product I originally bought towards the end of December, but I've actually already repurchased it last week. I really like this product and I didn't expect to as I hadn't heard amazing things about it, so I was prepared to be let down. Last month I was having a lot of problems with my skin, and as my skin is one thing I never have a big problem with it was starting to get me down. So I bought quite a few products for my face and this little gem was one of them.

In the past I've never really had a problem with my skin, people have always complimented me on how smooth and healthy it looks and feels. However, this year it's been a little bit more frustrating. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that I have bad skin and I'm not complaining at all as I know it could be a hell of a lot worse and I have always been thankful for my healthy skin. This year though I've found my skin on my face has been a bit more prone to breakout's and I have been getting the occasional bouts of dry skin- especially my hands, my hands this year have been so dry that at one point they were actually cracking and bleeding!? How disgusting is that.

My room is full of different creams and lotions for my body, but none were particularly 'bag friendly'. I wanted something small that I could carry around easily and just use whenever, so when in superdrug the other week with a friend of mine we stood in the same spot for probably about 30 minutes (we're very indecisive people) trying to choose and hand cream and in the end we both decided to go for this little gem!

In terms of skincare, Vaseline are one brand although is very well known I probably wouldn't really go running for in the shops. I think after using this product though, that will absolutely change as its such a good little product! My hands have completely healed and now feel super smooth and all lovely again, so I'm so happy with how this product turned out.
When I bought this in superdrug, I got the 75ml tube and I can't remember exactly but I know that it was under £1 which is amazing?! I'd say I've had it now for about 3 weeks and so far I've still got quite a lot left, I think it will last me up until early January so that's about a month which is bad going for such a little tube.

Another great thing about this product is that its extremely moisturizing, without being oily/greasy. As most of you have probably figured by now, I HATE oily things on my skin and it really frustrates me to the point that I just have to keep rubbing my hands on my clothes until it stops which kind of defeats the point. Vaseline though have not made this an issue, its an extremely creamy and thick texture which I like and I just rub it into my hands like normal and within seconds they just feel very soft and nice. It's great to have something so fast acting as I often forget to use it, so I'm just use it as and when I feel my hands need a bit of TLC!

Overall, I actually really like this product as it's extremely useful and sensitive skin friendly so I'll be buying some more when I run out I think!

I always thought I was really good because after wearing a full face of make up, I never sleep with it on. I always make sure to take it off and for this I was always quite proud of myself, until I realised using wet wipes and make-up remover wipes was not actually that much of a good thing. I've been trying harder recently to have more of a skincare routine and actually make more of an effort with my skin; which means ditching the wet wipes.

I thought this was a good opportunity for a few blog posts, one on a few make up removers I've tried and which one is better and also maybe a post on my actual skincare routine? Exciting times I know. ANYWAY, this post is on two different products I bought last week that are supposed to do that same thing more or less.

This product although I hate to say it, I really really didn't like. I had serious high hopes for it when I first got it and after using it I was just more like, "oh" it just didn't really make me think anything really. I found that personally it made my skin feel a bit oily and I HATE oily skin, it makes me feel really gross as I suffer with an oily T-zone so the fact that my skin felt greasy all over was something I really wasn't impressed with. I also have super sensitive eyes and I found after about 30-45 minutes of using it my eyes started to sting and itch which resulted in me furiously rubbing them, that was not fun at all.

Price wise it's pretty affordable so that's a plus, and I managed to get it on offer so I can't complain too much (although when I got home I found the lid was broken when I opened it and my hands got covered in oily mess- boo ASDA not impressed with you). In terms of packaging, I actually really liked it at first. Then I got the second make up remover and I preferred the packaging of that a lot more! One thing I did really like about the product is the smell, I don't know how to explain it exactly as I'm not the best with descriptive words. It was slightly floral I guess... I don't know, but either way it smelt really nice and subtle!

In terms of actually removing my make up, it was okay. There isn't actually much more I can say other than that, it was absolutely amazing but it wasn't terrible. It took it off eventually, but took some time to actually get it all off and even then there were still a few little bits left behind on my eyes. I think with this in mind I'd probably prefer to use wet wipes because its less fuss that this product was. It could just be my skin type that didn't like it, but personally I don't think I'll bother buying it again once I've used up this bottle.

L'Oreal Skin Perfection Micellar Cleansing Water-
What they say: "L'Oréal Paris Skin Perfection Purifying Micellar Water, high performance cleansing for sensitive skin. Used by make-up artists, the 'micellar' solution swiftly removes all traces of make-up and acts like a purifying magnet on skin's surface to capture and draw out excess oil and impurities. So gentle, skin feels soothed and toned."

This product is something I have a serious love for, everything about it I just really really like! First off the packaging of this product is great, its very simple but the silver and pale pink is just very pretty and nice and who doesn't love pretty packaging!? I'm a sucker for good packaging.
In most shops it retails for around about 3-4 pounds, which in all honesty isn't really that bad if it's going to benefit your skin so once again I can't really have a moan about the price as it's not 50 pounds so its really affordable if you think about some skincare ranges.

In terms of scent, I didn't really think there was any scent there. If there is it must be extremely subtle, so much so that I can't smell anything. Either way it'd be nice if there was maybe a little bit of scent there, but its not overly important as the product itself is so good!
When actually removing make up, I found it was a lot less harsh on my skin and my eyes especially which is always great because I get very stressed when my eye's get infected. The consistency of the product genuinely is just like water, its light and not greasy at all and doesn't dry out your skin either.

At the same time its not so light that it's not good at removing make-up, it still takes a while but because of how clean my skin feels at the end I really don't mind that it takes a couple of minutes to remove anyway as I do wear quite a lot of eye make up so it's understandable it takes a little while to actually get it all off.

Overall I prefer the L'Oreal cleansing water just because itself as a product is much better for my skin and more what I was looking for when replacing my wet wipes and I think I will be more likely to repurchase it over the garnier product.

Have you used either products, and did you prefer one?